rivulus

Latin

Alternative forms

• rīvolus

Etymology

Diminutive of rīvus (“brook; channel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈriː.u̯u.lus/, [ˈriːu̯ʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈri.vu.lus/, [ˈriːvulus]

Noun

rīvulus m (genitive rīvulī); second declension

1. A small brook, rill, rivulet.
2. A small channel, small artificial watercourse; small gutter.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	rīvulus	rīvulī
Genitive	rīvulī	rīvulōrum
Dative	rīvulō	rīvulīs
Accusative	rīvulum	rīvulōs
Ablative	rīvulō	rīvulīs
Vocative	rīvule	rīvulī

Related terms

• rīvālicius
• rīvālis
• rīvālitās
• rīvātim

• rīvifīnālis
• rīvō
• rīvora
• rīvus

Descendants

• Friulian: riul
• Galician: Rilo, Rinlo (place names)
• Italian: rivolo

References

• “rivulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “rivulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rivulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to draw from the fountain-head: e fontibus haurire (opp. rivulos consectari or fontes non videre)